Ready-made trip plans · 5 days

Five days: the city and beyond.

Stay five days and you see more than the old town. These plans for 12 cities combine relaxed city days with trips into the region – with hints on getting there by train, bus or ferry.

Plan created with AI support – please check opening hours, prices and routes before you go.

Netherlands · 5 days
Amsterdam
Three city days with the old town, museums and eastern docks – plus Haarlem and the Zaanse Schans windmills by train.
Photo: Kaz Alting, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Spain · 5 days
Barcelona
Three city days with the music palace, Gaudí and Montjuïc, plus a day at the mountain monastery and one in Girona's old town.
Photo: essetefano, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Germany · 5 days
Berlin
Mitte, Museum Island, the old West, the Wall and Kreuzberg – and a whole day at the palaces of Potsdam.
Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hungary · 5 days
Budapest
Three city days with museums and baths, plus Szentendre on the Danube and Sisi's palace at Gödöllő.
Photo: Kilyann Le Hen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Denmark · 5 days
Copenhagen
Three days of Copenhagen by neighbourhood, plus Viking ships in Roskilde and a day across the Øresund in Malmö.
Photo: European Commission, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Portugal · 5 days
Lisbon
Three city days with museums and gardens, plus a day among the palaces of Sintra and one by the sea in Cascais.
Photo: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons
United Kingdom · 5 days
London
Three neighbourhoods, a day at Windsor Castle and Greenwich on the Prime Meridian to finish.
Photo: Fuzzypiggy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
USA · 5 days
New York
Midtown, museums by Central Park, the ferry to Liberty, the Whitney and the High Line – plus a day in the Hudson Valley.
Photo: Daniele Pieroni, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
France · 5 days
Paris
Five days, each with its own theme: islands and Latin Quarter, art, the Left Bank, Versailles and the east of the city.
Photo: Jebulon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Czech Republic · 5 days
Prague
Three city days off the usual circuit and two trips: an ossuary and a silver town, then Karlštejn Castle.
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Italy · 5 days
Rome
Three city days at an easy pace, plus Ostia Antica by the sea and the gardens of Tivoli.
Photo: FeaturedPics, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Austria · 5 days
Vienna
Old town, museums, palaces, the Prater and a wine tavern – plus a day on the Danube at Melk and Dürnstein.
Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How these plans work

Day-trip days name the departure point and the rough travel time. Check timetables and tickets with the operator shortly before you go. The city days are deliberately looser than in a three-day plan.

All trip plans

Amsterdam

Barcelona

Berlin

Budapest

Copenhagen

Lisbon

London

New York

Paris

Prague

Rome

Vienna

How these plans work